Original Latin version first published Amsterdam, 1657

Added engraved t.p. by Abraham Blooteling after Zacharias Webber. The 73 leaves of plates comprise 21 engraved ports., and 26 double-page ill. and maps, mostly etched. Port. of Grotius by Abraham van der Wenne after Michiel van Mieresveld. Several ports. signed by Andries Vaillant as engraver. Many of the double-page etched ill. are by Jan Luiken; that following M1 is after Romeyne de Hooghe. Several bird's-eye views by Cornelis Decker. Gilliam van der Gouwen's engraving of a beached whale, following 2S3. Plates also appear in Pieter Christiaanszoon Bor's Oorsprongk, begin, en vervolgh der Nederlandsche oorlogen, issued 1679-84 by the same printers

Woodcut device on t.p. with initials of all four printers. Woodcut initials, some historiated with scenes from the Gospels, including brief citations. Tail-pieces

Signatures: pi *² 2*-5* A-4O 4P² ²A B ³A-K

includes index to Jaer-boeken

Binding: vellum. Tooled in blind with center stamps and fillets. Author & title written on spine. Edges sprinkled blue

Pencilled initials of Lisa & Leonard Baskin on back pastedown together with a price code, Baskin's initial B written in pencil after signature letter L, and his printed labels for Fort Hill and Lurley Manor on front pastedown

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